Year 5 - Overview of New Mathematics Standards 2014-15
Number, Place Value ,Estimation and
Approximation
Count forwards or
Counting
backwards in steps of
powers of 10 for any
given number up to
powers of 10
Negative
numbers
1 000 000 Count
forwards and
backwards in decimal
steps
Place Value
Read and write
numbers to at least
1,000, 000 Read and
write numbers with
up to three decimal
places. Determine the
value of each digit in
numbers to at least
1 000 000
Identify the value of
each digit to three
decimal places
Identify, represent
and estimate numbers
using the number line
Comparing and
ordering
Rounding,
approximation
and estimation
Multiplying by
Order and compare
numbers to at least
1000,000
Order and compare
numbers with up to
three decimal places
Find 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10,
100 or 1000 and other
powers of 10 more or
less than a given
number
Round any number
up to 1 000 000, to
the nearest 10,
100,1000, 10 000 and
100 000
Round decimals with
two decimal places to
the nearest whole
number and to one
decimal place
Multiply and divide
whole numbers and
Sequences and
patterns
those involving
decimals by 10, 100,
and 1000
Interpret negative
numbers in context,
count forwards and
backwards with
positive and negative
whole numbers
through zero
Describe and extend
number sequences
including those with
multiplication and
division steps and
those where the step
size is a decimal
Roman
numerals
Read Roman
numerals to 1000 (M)
and recognise tears
written in Roman
numerals
Solving number
problems
Solve number
problems and
practical problems
that involve all of the
above
Addition and Subtraction
Choose an
Understanding
appropriate strategy
addition and
to solve a calculation
subtraction
based upon the
numbers involved
(recall a known fact,
calculate mentally,
use a jotting, written
method).
Addition and
subtraction facts
Recall and use
addition and
subtraction facts
for1and 10 (with
decimal numbers to
one decimal place)
Derive and use
addition and
subtraction facts for 1
(with decimal
numbers to two
decimal places)
Mental methods
Select a mental
strategy appropriate
for the numbers
involved in the
calculation.
Understanding
multiplication
and division
Choose an
appropriate strategy
to solve a calculation
based upon the
numbers involved
(recall a known or
related fact, calculate
mentally, use a
jotting, written
method
Identify multiples and
factors, including
finding all factor pairs
of a number, and
common factors of
two numbers
Multiplication
and division
facts
Know and use the
vocabulary of prime
numbers, prime
factors and composite
(non-prime) numbers
Add and subtract
mentally with
increasingly large
numbers and decimals
to two decimal places
Written methods
Add and subtract
whole numbers with
more than 4 digits
and decimals with
two decimal places,
including using
formal written
methods ( columnar
addition and
subtraction)
Estimating and
checking
calculations
Solving addition
and subtraction
problems
including those
with missing
numbers
Establish whether a
number up to 100 is
prime and recall
prime numbers up to
19
Use rounding to
check answers to
calculations and
determine, in the
context of a problem,
levels of accuracy
Solve addition and
subtraction multi-step
problems in contexts,
deciding which
operations and
methods to use and
why
Solve addition and
subtraction problems
involving missing
numbers
Multiplication and Division
Recognise and use
square numbers and
cube numbers, and
the notation for
squared (2) and
cubed (3) Use
partitioning to double
or halve any number,
including decimals to
two decimal places
Mental methods
Multiply and divide
numbers mentally
drawing upon known
facts
Solve problems
involving
multiplication and
division including
using their knowledge
of factors and
multiples, squares and
cubes
Year 5 - Overview of New Mathematics Standards 2014-15
Written methods
Estimating and
checking
calculations
Solving
multiplication
and division
problems
including those
with missing
numbers
Multiply numbers up
to 4 digits by a one-or
two-digit number
using a formal written
method, including
long multiplication
for two-digit numbers
Divide numbers up to
4 digits by a one-digit
number using the
formal written
method of short
division and interpret
remainders
appropriately for the
context
Use estimation and
inverse to check
answers to
calculations and
determine, in the
context of a problem,
an appropriate degree
of accuracy
Solve problems
involving addition,
subtraction,
multiplication and
division and a
combination of these,
including
understanding the
meaning of the equals
sign
Solve problems
involving
multiplication and
division, including
scaling by simple
fractions and
problems involving
simple rates
form to the other
Read and write
decimal numbers as
fractions
(e.g. 0.71 =
Recognise mixed
numbers and
improper fractions
and convert from one
71
100
Counting,
comparing and
ordering
fractions
Equivalence
)
Count on and back in
mixed number steps
1
such as 1
2
Compare and order
fractions whose
denominators are all
multiples of the same
number (including on
a number line)
Calculating with
fractions
5
5
5
5
Multiply proper
fractions and mixed
numbers by whole
numbers, supported
by materials and
diagrams
Recognise the per
cent symbol (%) and
centimetres (cm2) and
square metres (m2)
and estimate the area
of irregular shapes
Mass
Solve problems
involving fractions
Capacity /
volume
Perimeter
Measure and calculate
the perimeter of
composite rectilinear
shapes in centimetres
and metres
Area
Calculate and
compare the area of
rectangles (including
squares), and
including using
standard units, square
Estimate (and
calculate) volume
(for example, using
1 cm3 blocks to build
cuboids (including
cubes)) and capacity
(for example, using
water)
Understand the
difference between
liquid volume,
including capacity
and solid volume
Understand and use
approximate
equivalences between
metric and common
imperial units such as
pints
Measurement (length/height,
perimeter, area and mass/weight)
Use, read and write
Length / height
standard units of
length to a suitable
degree of accuracy
Understand and use
approximate
equivalences between
metric and common
imperial units such as
inches
Use, read and write
standard units of mass
to a suitable degree of
accuracy
Understand and use
approximate
equivalences between
metric and common
imperial units such as
pounds
Solve problems
involving number up
to three decimal
places
Solve problems which
require knowing
percentage and
decimal equivalents
of
1 1 1 2 4
, , , , and
2 4 5 5 5
those with a
denominator of a
multiple of 10 or 25
Add and subtract
fractions with the
same denominator
and denominators that
are multiples of the
same number (using
diagrams)
Write mathematical
statements >1 as a
mixed number
2
4
6
1
(e.g. + = = 1 )
Percentages
Solving
problems
involving
fractions,
decimals and
percentages
Identify, name and
write equivalent
fractions of a given
fraction, represented
visually, including
tenths and hundredths
Recognise and use
thousandths and relate
them to tenths,
hundredths and
decimal equivalents
Number - fractions (including
decimals and percentages)
Fractions of
objects, shapes
and quantities
understand that per
cent relates to
‘number of parts per
hundred’, and write
percentages as a
fraction with
denominator 100,
and as a decimal
Temperature
Conversion
Continue to order
temperatures
including those below
0 °C
Convert between
different units of
metric measure
(e.g. kilometre to
metre, centimetre and
metre, centimetre
and millimetre, gram
and kilogram, litre
and millilitre)
Year 5 - Overview of New Mathematics Standards 2014-15
Measurement (time)
Time
Convert between
different units of
time in a problem
solving context
Properties of
shape
Continue to read,
write and convert
time between
analogue and digital
12 and 24-hour
clocks
Identify 3-D shapes,
including cubes and
other cuboids, from
2-D representations
As Year 4
Write amounts of
money using decimal
notation
Recognise that one
hundred 1p coins are
equivalent to £1 and
1
that each coin is
of £1
Angles and
rotation
100
Use all four
operations to solve
problems involving
measure (for
example, length,
mass, volume,
money) using
decimal notation
including scaling
Solve problems
involving converting
between units of
time
Know angles are
measured in degrees:
estimate and
compare acute,
obtuse and reflex
angles
Statistics
Sorting and
classifying
Complete and
interpret information
in a variety of
sorting diagrams
(including those used
to sort properties of
numbers and shapes
Present and
interpret data
Complete, read and
interpret information
in tables, including
timetables
Solve problems
using data
Solve comparison,
sum and difference
problems using
information
presented in all types
of graph including a
line graph
Draw given angles,
and measure them in
degrees (°)
Estimate, compare
and calculate money
in pounds and pence
Solving problems
involving money
and measures
Distinguish between
regular and irregular
polygons based on
reasoning about
equal sides and
angles
Use the properties of
rectangles to deduce
related facts and find
missing lengths and
angles
Measurement (money and solving
problems)
Money
position of a shape
following a
reflection or
translations, using
the appropriate
language, and know
that the shape has
not changed.
Geometry - properties of shapes
Identify:
- angles at a point
and one
whole turn (total
360°)
- angles at a point on
a
straight line and 1/2
a turn
(total 180°)
- other multiples of
90°
Geometry - position and direction
Coordinates
(including
reflection and
translation)
Describe positions
on the first quadrant
of coordinates grid
Plot specified points
and complete shapes
Identify, describe
and represent the
Averages
Calculate and
interpret the mode,
median and range